Mount Pleasant journal (February 17, 1921)

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VOL. 46.
MOUNT    PLEASANT.    WESTMORELAND    COUNTY.    PA..    THURSDAY.    FEBRUARY   17,   1921.
NO  7.
YUKON CITIZENS
GET TOGETHER
FOR BUSINESS
And as a Result Now Have a
Live Chamber of Commerce
ALSO  DO  HONOR fo  THE JOURNAL
SI   CHOOSING   IT AB   THEIR   OFFICIAL
MEANS OF  PUBLICATION.
Rev. W. J. Osinski, Formerly of this
Place and Now the Popular Rector
of the Catholic Church There, lells
his Fellow Townsmen Just What
they Need to do to Put Yukon on
the County's Map and it Would
Seem they are Determined to Fol-
low his Advice that Applies Equal-
ly Well to Many Other Municipalities.
As tbe result of a public meeting
held In the Yukon Bank Building, the
citizens have just organized a live
Chamber of Commerce with E. Keller president, J. Peterson secretary, A.
S, Rodak treasurer, G. Sheraw, J,
Valeri, A. Savern, A Pitler and A.
Tomajko directors and Rev. W. J.
Osinski, formerly of this place and
now the popular rector ot the Yukon
Catholic church, as advisor in all matters. The Journal was selected as
the new chamber's oliicial organ.
Rev. Osinski, one ol the speakers ot
tbe evening, gave advice that is applicable to many municipalities when he said:
"Regardless oi what nationality or denomination you may be, gentlemen,work
for the good of oar little outcast town.
Let as pnt onr best foot forward to pnt
this town on the map. In unity there's
strength; if yon can't and don't want to
boost, don't knock. Business men, its
about time yon bnried tbe hatchet of
petty jealousies and continnal squabbling. Here's your chance to organize
and, working hand in hand, yon will
snrely be able to accomplish something.
"This 'burg' needs a shaking up; it bas
been reposing—yes even more, it has
been in the state of lethargy tor many,
many years, while other smaller towns
grew and prospered wonderfully.
"Gentlemen, look where we stand.
Don't expect the hard working miner to
do this for you. Yes, be will help yon,
bnt it's up to you business men and ns
professional men to do something. This
evening you have the opportunity to organize into a body that will stand oat as
a monument for years to come—yes, as
long as Yukon exists.
"The things we need here in Yukon
are too numerous to mention, gentlemen,
bat above all, a good factory or two, po
-lice protection, a street car system—and
a more efficient railroad communication
would, no doubt be painstaking, yet a
praiseworthy effort, and necessary. Gentlemen, where there's a will, there's a
way.
"With tbe beginning of this, the year
1921, let ns have more action, for, action
speaks londer than words. Don't fall
asleep at the switch; for, the train of human lives may be wrecked on the road
of opportunity, which leads to success
and prosperity. Here is our opportunity,
right now, this evening; so let's get
started.   Let the motto be
" 'Be a booster of Yukon| reign supreme.' "
Reward for Fayette Firebug.
While Albert Smith, the young Fayette county firebug, has confessed and is
in the Western Penitentiary virtually
on a life sentence, tbe rewards offered for
his arrest, $5,000 by the county and $1,000
by tbe Perry township school board,
may not have to be paid. Harry Stein-
man, a former Mount Pleasant boy and
son of E. D. Steinman, of Fayette City,
claims be is entitled to the money. But
it seems that Herman A. Clark, a state
trooper, made the arrest and, as no member of that body can accept a reward,
there is talk of presenting him with a
watch or diamond pin as a fitting recognition of bis services.
Washington s inauguration as
the First Chief Executive
Ctoorffe Washington was inagurated first
President of the United States April 80,
1789, in New York city, which at that
time was the federal capital. During the
ceremonies, the chancellor administered
the oath with great deliberation and emphasis, after which Washington bowed
down, seized the Bible, kissed It, and exclaimed with closed eyes and much devotion:    "1 swear;  ao help me God!"
Thereupon the chancellor declared, "It
Is done," and turning to the crowd exclaimed: "Ixing live George Washington,
President of the United States!" The
last named declaration on the part of
the chancellor was In Imitation of monarchical custom. The error of this practice was, however, soon exposed nnd
abandoned, but at the time the crowd
thought of nothing but the exciting solemnity of the .scene, and many who demonstratively waved their hats were too overcome by emotion to join In the huzzas.
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GEORGE\M\SHINGTON
"First in -war and first in peace"—
With love we speak of him again
Whose praises with the years increase —
"And first in the hearts of his countrymen."
Washington Resigning
Command of the Army
December 23, 1783, George Washington
resigned his commission as commander
In chief of the army, and retired to private life. During the five years following the close of his military career he
found sufficient occupation in attending
to the affairs of his homestead and property and In fostering tho progress of his
native state. Ho greatly helped, by hlB
correspondence, to brftrlf the leading men
of the country to a determination to form
a more perfect union. He was president
of the Philadelphia convention of 1787,
which framed the Constitution of the United States. Washington was unanimously
chosen the first President of the United
States, and on April 30, 1789, took the
oath of office In New York, where congress was then sitting. At tne clone of
his term of office he was re-elected unanimously, and on March 4, 1793, took the
oath of office for the second time.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Murder at,New Kensington.
John Marie, a taxi driver, aged 24
years, was shot through the heart and
killed on the street at New Kensington
last Wednesday night by Panl Becker,
aged 28 years, who escaped, but was cap-
tared a few hoars later at bis Plum
township, Allegheny county, home just
dconk enough to confess that be fired
tbe fatal shot. May Little, said to be a
West Virginia girl who had been drinking with the two young men, was held
as a witness.
Paragraphs About Prominent   People Gathered During the Week.
Misses Mary and Alice Hitchman are
visiting friends in the East.
Mrs. W. A. Marsh leaves today on a
visit to her people in Lancaster county.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mallio, of Douora,
spent last week here with their parents.
Mrs. James Springer was called to
Beaver, Pa., Friday by tbe death of her
sister.
Miss Helen White spent the week end
in Connellsville as the guest of Mrs. D.
K. Dilwortb.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cunningham, of
Pittsburg, spent Snnday here and at
United with their parents.
Mrs. James Eaton, of Royal, Pa., is
is spending tbe week here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Russell.
Mrs, S, C. Stevenson and Mrs. M. W.
Horner attended Friday's Pittsburg
meeting ol the Federation of Women's
Clubs.   .
Miss Naomi Seibert, bead of the vocal
music department, entertained her fellow members of the Fortnightly Clnb in
the parlors of tbe Institute Monday evening.
Harry Frankforter, the head ol the Ko-
backer department store, who spent last
week in Florida with his partner, C.
Melancou, is in New York this week after spring goods.
Mistress Dorothy Bryce celebrated her
fifth birthday Tuesday afternoon with a
goodly number of little friends at the
Orchard Place home ol her parents, Major and Mrs. Gerard S. Bryce.
The Misses Hanse, Anna Britton and
Margaret Mullen were the Monnt Pleasant guests at Thursday evening's meeting
of the Scottdale Fancy work Clnb held at
the Scottdale home of Mrs. Frank Ris-
hart.
Mrs. F. L, Strickland leaves today for
her Jamestown, New York, home after
having spent three weeks here with her
mother, Mrs, Meta Lacbman, who bas
been seriously ill for over a month. Another daughter, Mrs. W. A. Hnrd, and
sou William, were here for the week
end.
Mrs. William Hilchmaa.of Eagle street,
gave a luncheon Friday afternoon for
Mrs. John S. Freed, Mrs. Kirk Bryce and
Mrs. John L. Shields, members of the
Fortnightly Music Club's program committee of which she is chairman. Mrs.
H. H. DeLong, president of the clnb, was
the guest of honor.
Isaac Sherrick gave a dinner, very
nicely appointed by his daughter, Mrs.
Mayme Shaw, for bis son, Marion C.
Sherrick, and bis bride last Wednesday
evening at his conntry home. The only
gnest outside tbe family circle was Rev.
George Fisher, the well known Latrobe
Presbyterian minister, wbo tied the nuptial knot when illness prevented Rev. T.
C Harper from officiating.
DONALDSON-TOASTER.
Mount Pleasant Otrl Weds Young Engineer
at Oreensburg,
John W. Donaldson, an engineer for
the Jamison Coal and Coke Company at
Pleasant Unity, and Miss Natalie Mc-
Master, daughter of Mrs. Will Murphy,
of Armbrust, by ber first marriage, were
married last Monday aft the First Presbyterian cbnrcb, Greensburg, by the pastor,
Rev. Dr. Charles Schall, wbo went overseas as chaplain of the One Hundred and
Tenth Iufantry. Tbe young conpie will
be at borne to their friends at Pleasant
Unity after March 1.
The groom fought in the World War
as a member of Greensburg's Company I,
being wounded twice in action. That in
tbe foot, from which he still feels the
effect, would have resulted in amputation bnt for Chaplain Scball's protest.
Tbe gratitude and esteem this ex service
man has for Captain Schall were shown
in the choice of the officiating clergyman.
DEATHS Of THE WEEK
The   Grim  Reaper's   Work  ir   Thi»
Place and Vicinity
W. Morgan Smith.
William Morgan Smith, for many years
a resident of this place, died Snnday
night of pneumonia, following a gradual
decline in health at his Lambert, Fayette county, home where be was a chief
clerk for the H. C. Frick Coke Company.
Tbe body was bnried here yesterday in
tbe cemetery by the side of his wife wbo
passed away a nnmber of years ago. He
was aged 71 years.
"Morg," as his host of Mount Pleasant
friends always called him, was one of tbe
best accountants in the coke region, a
beantiful pensman, stalwart Republican
and a wbolesouled good fellow, who is
survived by three daughters at home,
Misses Mary, Alice and Anna, and one
sister, Mrs. Annie Overholt, of this place,
who was with him when tbe end came.
Bister M. Michela.
Sister M. Michaela (Mullaney), of the
Sisters of Charity, died Friday morning
of diabetes at the Seton Hill Academy,
aged 29 years. Funeral services were
held there at tbe Mother House Sunday
morning with Father A. Benedick as
the celebrant of requiem high mass;
Father K. Reaves, deacon, aud Father J.
Sullivan, sub-deacon. Tbe interment
followed in Seton Hill cemetery, Greensburg.
Sister Michaela was born and raised
here, having been a daughter of the late
John Mullaney. She was a member of
tbe St. Joseph school class of 1907 and
entered the Sisters of Charity ten years
ago. She leaves four brothers, Patrick
and James, of Connellsville; John, of
this place, and Robert, ot Scottdale.
J. Hunter Hayes.
J. Hunter Hayes, a former resident of
near Rnffsdale, died last Wednesday following a long illness at his home at Fre-
donia, Pa., where the interment took
place Saturday forenoon. He leaves a
widow, two sons and two daughters.  He
was a brother of Jesse and Misses Sarah,
Nettie and Mary Hayes, of Greensburg.
Mrs. Howard Mensch.
Mrs. Howard Mensch, formerly of this
place, died last Tuesday night at ber
home at Hecla of scarlet fever, aged 28
years. The interment took place Thursday afternoon in the Mount Pleasant
Middle Presbyterian cemetery. The husband is left with three small children.
Obituary Notes.
The remains of Mrs. Margaret Travers,
who died in Pittsburg, aged 57 years.was
interred in tbe local St. Joseph cemetery
last Wednesday. Sbe was a sister of
Thomas and Charles Daugherty, of this
place.
The body of Albert Oliver Gaugaware,
who died of apoplexy at bis East Mc-
Keesport borne, Friday, aged 59 years,
was buried Monday forenoon at Tarr
where bis mother, Mrs. C. B. Sherrick,
resides. He leaves a widow and three
children.
TOMORROW IS
PATRON'S DAY
IN SCHOOLS.
Tomorrow, Friday, February 18, will
be observed as Patron's Day in the Mount
Pleasant Pnblic Schools, with morning
aud afternoon sessions and a concert by
tbe High School Orehestra in tbe high
school building in the evening at 7:30
o'clock.
Ii is absolutely necessary that there
shall be mutual nndcrstanding between
tbe parents and teacher if the greatest
good to tbe children shall be promoted.
Only by the earnest co-operation of the
parents with the teacher can tbe school
hope to obtain a record for good work.
We are satisfied that we have a very
good school system and that we are doing splendid good work. We kindly ask
you, for the good of yonr children, to so
arrange yonr time and work so that yon
may spend Friday, February 18, in the
schools of Mount Pleasant borough.
Make a complete survey and satisfy yourself of the kind of training your boys
and girls are getting, in your schools.
Very cordially,
H. H. DeLong, Principal.
TWO BRIGHT LOCAL GIRLS
Who Have Made, Oood as Teachers In Pittsburg Schools.
Miss Edith Wilkinson, of this place,
is being congratulated upon her new
work as a teacher in the Pittsburg Public Schools. At the beginning ol the sec-'
ond semester she was transferred trom
the Wickersbam school to the Morse
shool where she is teacher of reading in
tbe Seventh aud Eighth Grades. Another former Monnt Pleasant township
teacher, Miss Anna Fitzgerald, now of
Pittsburg, has been promoted to the position of Director of Community Activities in the McKelvy school.
Both Misses Wilkinson and Fitzgerald
teach in the McKelvy Evening School
for new Americans in addition to their
work in the day schools.
INVISIBLE GUEST.
Means Taken by American Express Company
to Save Starving European Children.
Among tbe numerous agencies throughout the country co-operating with Herbert Hoover, Chairman of tbe European
Relief Conncil, in his effort to raise $33,-
000,000 by means of a national collection
for the relief of incipient starvation
among 3,500,000 children in the war
stricken couniries of Central and Eastern Europe are the American Express
Company and tbe American Railway
Express Company.
Through the authorization ol G. C.
Taylor, president of both organizations,
"Invisible Guest" certificates, certifying
that tbe purchaser bas salvaged the life
of one or more of the little war victims,
have been placed on sale at 25,000 of the
company's offices throughout the United
States. Tbe cost of saving one child un
til the acute condition bas been relieved
by tbe next European harvest is $10.00,
but donations of smaller sums are wel
come, and a contribution of only $1.00,
under tbe economical administration of
tbe Council, will keep life in a little
body for a month.
"Invisible Guest" certificates.which can
be purchased for any amount from $1.00
up, are on sale at the local office of the
American Railway Express Company.
SIGN OF THE CROSS.
Itema  of Special Interest  to  Local
Church Goers.
The mid-winter convention of District
4, Westmoreland County Sabbath School
Association, will be held at the Monnt
Pleasant Township High School Auditorium at 2 p. m. on Snnday, March 6
Secretary of the Commonwealth Cyrus
E. Woods has accepted President Merritt
A. King's invitation to introduce Lieutenant Governor E. £. Beidleman wbo
will make the principal address.
Kev. R. B. Campbell, Presiding Elder
of the Uniontown District of the Free
Methodist Church, will conduct quarterly meeting in the local church of that
denomination Thursday and Friday evenings of this week. A similar meeting
Saturday and Sunday will be conducted
in the Bridgeport cburcb. The pastor,
Rev, Stephens, extends a cordial invitation to the pnblic.
Rev. C. W. Hendrickson, the pastor,
brought the revival meeting at the local
United Brethren church to a successful
close Sunday evening. Six new members
united with the church Sabbath morning.
Rev. R. L. Leatherman, the local Lutheran pastor, will preach on Sunday
next in town in the morning at 10:30 and
in tbe evening at 7. In lbe evening
stereopticon views will be shown upon
tbe screen, consisting of some thirty new
slides. The subject will be "Toward tbe
Cross." There will be special music at
both services. The public is hereby extended a most cordial invitation to be
present.
Preparations are being made for the
evangelists at tbe First Baptist church
where there will be baptisms Sunday
morning next.
PLEASANTVILLf,
NEW JERSEY,
MOURNS LOSS
In the Death of Dan MacMil-
lan, a Mount Pleasant Boy.
THE WHOLE TOWN PAYS  TRIBUTE
TO THE MEMORY TO A NOTED DIVINE'S
ONLY   SON
He was a Leader in Rescue Mission
and Boy 8cout Work and the Big
First Presbyterian Church there,
where the Funeral Services were
Held, was Filled to Overflowing
with Sorrowing Friends from Every
Walk of Life who Gathered to Show
their Respect for Him as a Fellow
Citizen.	
Pleasantville, New Jersey, paid a
most marked tribute of respect to the
memory of Daniel W. MacMillan, a
fellow citizen and Mount Pleasant boy
who died there and whose funeral services were h/sld in the First Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoon,
February 6.
Professional, fraternal and business
men, with city and connty officials, members of tbe chnrcb, Boy Scouts, and in
fact men and women from all walks of
lite paid homage to tbe dead, either as
tbe funeral cortege passed from the late
borne lo the church or at the bier as he
lay in state with flowers banked high in
the background.
Long before the hour of service the
big church was crowded with friends of
tbe deceased. At 4 o'clock tbe funeral
cortege, beaded by Pleasantville's five
troops of Boy Scouts, acting as escort to
the members of Keystone Lodge of Masons, left tbe MacMillan home for the
church. Prior to this, four antomobile
loads of flowers, the tribute of loving
friends, had been conveyed to the cburcb.
Main street and Washington avenues
were lined with citizens who uncovered
and stood with bowed heads as the cortege moved along. At the church many
people could not gain admittance to
listen to tbe funeral ceremony in which
the ministers of other denominations of
the town and Atlantic City took part
with Rev. T. M. Simonton, tbe pastor.
Tbe body was taken to Brooklyn, New
York, for bnrial on tbe following Tuesday.
"Dan," the name by which be was best
known here, was the only son of Rev.
Dr. John M. McMillan, the first pastor of
the local Re-Union Presbyterian church
following its completion in 1871. Of
late years he had been a leader in rescue
mission and Boy Scout work in Atlantic
City and bis home town whose correspondent be was for the Atlantic City
Daily Press. He was twice married and
is survived by bis second wife as well
as by his mother and two married sisters
who all live in St. Lonis, Missouri.
ANNUAL REPORT
Of the United States Steel Corporation and
Carnegie Pension Fund
The tenth annual report of the United
States Steel Corporation and Carnegie
Pension Fund shows $779,766.60 was
paid out last year to beneficiaries, the
largest sum since the installation of th«
system eleven years ago since when tbe
total sum so paid out is $5,880,584.60
There were 3,264 participants, 324 being added during the year. Two hundred and ninety-five were discontinued
during the year because of death or other
causes, leaving 2,969 on the list the first
of this year.
Beneficiaries make no contribution to
tbe fund, the money being derived from
a trust of $12,000,000 established by Andrew Carnegie and the United States
Steel Corporation.
There was paid from this fund to pensioners of the H. C. Frick Coke Company
a total of $75,164.49. The Standaid plant
heads the list with a total of $6,411,
Morewood following with $5,667.90 and
Buckeye third with $5,139.35.
Road Need Discussed.
The sore need of the improvement of
part of the road between here and Iron
Bridge was discussed at a special meeting of Council Friday when pleas for
favorable action on the part of East
Huntington township were made by
Captains John D. Hitchman and John L.
Bnrkholder, of this place; John M.
Leigbty, one of that township's largest
individual taxpayers, and Robt. Schreck.
of tbe State Highway Department. Supervisor August Bentz, however, said his
district was too deeply in debt to do the
work at this time.